The Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 is another world first PCI-E interface ultra high-end sound card featuring SNR up to 120dB and 100% Blu-ray quality sound with HDMI 1.3 compliance and Video enhancement. The Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 allows blu-ray quality sound and video to be played back as the movie makers intended, without down-sampling the sound/video down to DVD quality. You will be amazed at how much sound and picture quality your Blu-ray movies actually include, when they are not down-sampled. The Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 takes the Home Theatre PC to a whole new level of sound and picture quality!

Full-HD Audio/Video digital output

HDMI v1.3a compliance

Non-downsampled 192kHz Blu-Ray audio

Splendid Technology Video enhancement

Complete Dolby True HD & DTS Master Audio support

Key Features

The Essential Component for all HTPC Builders
A great looking high-definition picture without the high-definition sound to go with it is like eating a sandwich without the bread. There is just something missing! The Xonar HDAV1.3 is an essential component for any Home Theatre PC.

Without The Xonar HDAV1.3, Blu-Ray Disc goes down to DVD Quality on PC's!
With industry-leading PAPS & AACS compliance, now you get TRUE Blu-Ray sound quality when played on your Home Theatre PC system, but only with the Xonar HDAV1.3!

Powerful Bundle: ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre1, 2
For the best performance with HD content playback, ArcSoft's TotalMedia Theatre supports playback of all three Blu-ray disc video formats: High Definition MPEG-2, AVC, and VC1´s as well as all kinds of other High Definition (HD) content: WMV HD, Quicktime HD, DivX HD, and H.264 HD. ArcSoft's TotalMedia Theatre also fully supports the next generation audio formats used in Blu-ray discs: LPCM, AC-3, DD+, and MLP. ArcSoft's TotalMedia Theatre includes full support for High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), a form of digital rights management.

Re-Defines Hi-Fi PC Audio
New Hyper Grounding Circuitry design. With Hyper Grounding, digital and analog signals are clearly separated, and a 4-layer PCB board is used to make sure only the cleanest signals passed to the sensitive components included in the Xonar HDAV1.3.

New Generation HTPC Standard
PAPS with AACS compliance for original quality BD-Audio output. With upgradeable PAPS on the Xonar HDAV1.3, new lossless compressed digital audio formats, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio will be supported for theatre-like, professional sound quality, and full flavor output at 96K or 192K is guaranteed.

Certificated HDMI 1.3 Support
HDMI 1.3a supports 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit (RGB or YCbCr) colour depths, for stunning rendering of over one billion colours!! and the next-generation "xvYCC" colour space supports 1.8 times as many colours as existing HDTV signals!

Exclusive Splendid HD Video Processor
The Splendid HD Video Processor uses the proprietary Splendid video engine to increase colour performance and enhance edges for a more brilliant, crisper image (even on high-definition content) at ZERO CPU loading. This results in a better visual contrast without flickering issues, and a much more vivid colour in reality. For lower resolution images, Splenidid HD recovers clarity which improves a viewers experience when viewing legacy content on today´s advanced television systems.

Swappable OPA Sockets
The new swappable OPAMP socket design on the Xonar HDAV1.3 allows customers to change to other high-quality OPAMPs for preferred analog sound output

ArcSoft Total Media Player:Supportsplayback of all three Blu-ray disc video formats: High Definition MPEG-2, AVC, and VC1's well as all kinds of other High Definition (HD)content: WMV HD, Quicktime HD, DivX HD, and H.264 HD